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Super Bowl XLI MVP Peyton Manning passed for 247 yards and 1 touchdown as the Colts won their first Super Bowl in 36 years. The Colts outgained the Bears 430-265 in total yards and maintained a 38:04-21:56 edge in time of possession.

Devin Hester opened the game with a 92-yard kickoff return for a touchdown, the first time the Super Bowl began with a touchdown.

Two possessions later, on third-and-10, Manning found Reggie Wayne wide open deep down the middle for a 53-yard touchdown.

A steady rain forced the teams to commit 4 first-quarter turnovers, and Hunter Smith mishandled the snap on the extra point, allowing the Bears to maintain a 7-6 lead. Later in the quarter, Thomas Jones' 52-yard run set up Rex Grossman's short touchdown pass to Muhsin Muhammad for a 14-6 lead. The Colts scored on back-to-back drives to begin the second quarter, capped by Dominic Rhodes' 1-yard run, for a 16-14 lead.

To begin the second half, the Colts ran 7:34 off the clock with a 13-play, 56-yard drive that culminated with Adam Vinatieri's 24- yard field goal for a 19-14 lead. The teams then exchanged field goals, and the Bears forced a punt. On first-and-10 from the Bears' 38 with 11:59 to play, Grossman's pass intended for Muhammad was thrown high. Kelvin Hayden intercepted the pass, maneuvered up the sideline while staying inbounds, and raced 56 yards for a touchdown. It was Hayden's first-ever professional interception. Four plays later, Bob Sanders intercepted Grossman's deep pass.

The Bears got the ball back twice, but never ran a play across midfield. Manning, who won the Pete Rozelle MVP award, was 25 of 38 for 247 yards and 1 touchdown, with 1 interception. Rhodes carried 21 times for 113 yards. Joseph Addai had 10 receptions for 66 yards. Grossman was 20 of 28 for 165 yards and 1 touchdown, with 2 interceptions. Jones rushed 15 times for 112 yards.

SUPER BOWL XLI MVP : QB Peyton Manning, Indianapolis Colts

Peyton Manning passed for 247 yards and 1 touchdown.

Manning completed 25 of 38 passes, including a 53-yard scoring pass to wide receiver Reggie Wayne in the first quarter.

Led by Manning and the Colts' ball-control offense, Indianapolis outgained Chicago 430-265 in total yards and maintained a 38:04-21:56 edge in time of possession.

 

Super Bowl XLI

 

SUPER BOWL XLI SCORING

 

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Indianapolis (AFC)	6	10	6	7	29
Chicago (NFC)	14	0	3	0	17

 

Chi — Hester 92 kickoff return (Gould kick)

Ind — Wayne 53 pass from Manning (mishandled hold)

Chi — Muhammad 4 pass from Grossman (Gould kick)

Ind — FG Vinatieri 29

Ind — Rhodes 1 run (Vinatieri kick)

Ind — FG Vinatieri 24

Ind — FG Vinatieri 20

Chi — FG Gould 44

Ind — Hayden 56 interception return (Vinatieri kick)

 

February 4, 2007
Dolphin Stadium, South Florida
Attendance: 74,512

 

TEAM STATISTICS	Colts	Bears
Total First Downs	24	11
Rushing	12	3
Passing	11	8
Penalty	1	0
Total Net Yardage	430	265
Total Offensive Plays	81	48
Avg. Gain Per Offensive Play	5.3	5.5
Rushes	42	19
Yards Gained Rushing (Net)	191	111
Avg. Yards per Rush	4.5	5.8
Passes Attempted	38	28
Passes Completed	25	20
Had Intercepted	1	2
Tackled Attempting to Pass	1	1
Yards Lost Attempting to Pass	8	11
Yards Gained Passing (Net)	239	154
Punts	4	5
Avg. Distance	40.5	45.2
Punt Returns	3	1
Punt Return Yardage	42	3
Kickoff Returns	4	6
Kickoff Return Yardage	89	138
Interception Return Yardage	94	6
Total Return Yardage	225	147
Fumbles	2	4
Fumbles Lost	2	3
Own Fumbles Recovered	0	1
Opponent Fumbles Recovered	3	2
Penalties	6	4
Yards Penalized	40	35
Field Goals	3	1
Field Goals Attempted	4	1
Third-Down Efficiency	8/ 18	3/ 10
Fourth-Down Efficiency	0/ 1	0/ 1
Time of Possession	38:04	21: 56

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING:
IND: Rhodes 21-113-1, Addai 19-77-0, Clark 1-1-0, Manning 1-0-0.
CHI: Jones 15-112-0, Grossman 2-0-0, Benson 2-(1)-0.

PASSING:
IND: Manning 38-25-247-1-1.
CHI: Grossman 28-20-165-1-2.

RECEIVING:
IND: Addai 10-66-0, Harrison 5-59-0, Clark 4-36-0, Wayne 2-61-1, Fletcher 2-9-0, Rhodes 1-8-0, Utecht 1-8-0.
CHI: Clark 6-64-0, Berrian 4-38-0, Jones 4-18-0, Muhammad 3-35-1, McKie 2-8-0, Davis 1-2-0.

KICKOFF RETURNS:
IND: Wilkins 4-89-0.
CHI: Gilmore 2-12-0, Hester 1-92-1, Davis 1-15-0, Peterson 1-10-0, Reid 1-9-0.

PUNT RETURNS:
IND: Wilkins 3-42-0.
CHI: Hester 1-3-0.

PUNTING:
IND: Smith 4-162-40.5.
CHI: Maynard 5-226-45.2.

INTERCEPTIONS:
IND: Hayden 1-56-1, Sanders 1-38-0.
CHI: C. Harris 1-6-0.

SACKS:
IND: McFarland 1.
CHI: Anderson 0.5, Ta. Johnson 0.5.

 

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